Influential Philippine business group urges officials to resign over corruption scandal

Philippine business leaders called Tuesday for the resignation of senior officials accused of trying to cover up a corruption scandal linked to the president’s husband and vowed to launch nonviolent protests to push for a change in government

Allegations by former government consultant Rodolfo Lozada Jr., praised by Roman Catholic bishops for exposing corruption, are the latest storm to hit President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s government.

The Senate has been investigating a corruption-tainted US$330 million (€225 million) government broadband contract with China’s ZTE Corp. Lozada was a government consultant for the 2007 project, which Arroyo has since scrapped due to the controversy. Read article!